Silverbow Creek Mine (Little Anvil Creek), Council Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Silverbow Creek Mine (Little Anvil Creek)	Mine
Council Mining District	Mining District
Nome Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Silverbow Creek flows south to its mouth on Norton Sound, 3.1 miles west of Bluff and 2.6 miles northeast of Topkok. This is locality 107 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181). The location of mining on this creek is not well known; the location could be within 1 mile or more.
Geology: Some placer mining took place locally on this creek up to 1930 (Cobb, 1978, OF 78-181); the presence of gold was first reported in 1908 (Collier and others, 1908). The placer deposits are apparently less extensive and lower grade than those on Daniels Creek (ARDF SO006), 3.1 miles to the east. Bedrock of the area is primarily a polydeformed, metapelitic schist of possible Precambrian age (Sainsbury and others, 1972); Till and others (1986) identify the Silverbow Creek drainage as an area of extensive Quaternary cover.
Workings: Some open cut placer mine workings are probably locally present.
Age: Quaternary.
Production: Some placer gold production from between 1908 and at least 1930.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	SO009

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